Elephants trash Kluang family's house and car

KLUANG (Bernama): A villager from Kampung Sri Timur was awoken early Saturday (July 6) by loud sounds and saw two elephants in front of his house.

"I felt shock and terror when I saw the two elephants right in front of the house. I watched helplessly as they trashed the garage," said Afian Kamin, 36.

He said his wife, mother-in-law and two children were also woken up in the 1am incident.

He said they were terrified and began to pray for their own safety, and the elephants left after about one and a half hours.

The roof of Afian's car was flattened and the garage was destroyed together with banana, coconut and oil palm trees.

"In the 12 years I've lived here, this is the first time elephants have attacked our home.

"Us villagers are now worried because the elephants have become bold and are now crossing into the village. Before this it was just the farms," he said, adding that he made a police report.

Peninsular Malaysia Department of Wildlife Protection and National Parks (Perhilitan) Johor director, Salman Saaban, told Bernama they would investigate and get the Kluang district office to monitor the situation. – Bernama